Story+1975-12-27+Philadelphia,+PA

´´I used to live in this house....in this town, about 10,000 people, a small town and uh....it was like a two-family house, was the kind of house that to get, to get into the house, you had to go through the kitchen, had a screen door....so like....my father would like, my father used to....at night he´d sit in the kitchen, you see, and he´d, he drinks beer and like he´d turn off all the lights in the house and he´d get real, he´d get really angry, pissed off if you switched them on (?) and he´d sit there, all you´d see of him was like a cigarette butt, just sitting there in the dark, you know, and like if you came in around, if you came in around 10, it wasn´t too bad, you know, but if you came in around like 1, you know, after he´d been sitting there for a while....he´d always stop me and so I´d walk in and.....so I walked in about 1 o´clock, 1.30, I´d slick my hair back so that, uh, so he couldn´t tell how long it was, you know (chuckles) and I´d walk in and he´d be sitting there, right, and I´d try to sneak by, (?) sneak by in the dark and he´d say ´Bruce´, I´d say ´Oh damn´....(?) I´d sit down, at first he´d start talking about how things doing, how´s it going, you know, what you been doing, where were you tonight, you know, and we´d be talking about things and then....then he´d start talking about, like....what a bad world it was, how hard it was and how I´d better get out there and start (?) and stop messing around, you know, if I was about to start making some bucks, you know....and he´d start rapping....(?)....and I´d just sit there and I´d try not to say nothing to him that could get him uptight, I´d just wanna sneak up to my room and get in bed (?)....we´d sit there....and he´d start, he´d turn on the gas....the gas in the stove....and he´d shut all the doors and the room would get real hot.....(?) start yelling at me....then we´d start screaming at each other, you know....and I´d tell him how it´s my life.....”
 * 27.12.75 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´It´s My Life´**

´´There I am on this....walking through Sahara, you know....and uh....somewhere ´bout a halfway ´cross, doing pretty good, you know, making good time and uh.....(?) and there, there´s Ed Sciaky, right, sitting....on this camel, right, this one-hump camel, he´s on this big camel, one like I never seen before even in (?) and uh, he ain´t got no clothes on, he´s sitting out there in the middle of the desert getting a hell of a sunburn, right, I go ´Ed !´,. you know, he got a big sign across (?) his chest, taped to his chest, you know (?) it says ´King of the desert, Ed Sciaky´, you know (?)....so I said ´Ed....what´re you doing out here ?....what you done ?´, he says ´Well, Bruce, I tell you the truth, I had to leave Philadelphia´, I said ´They finally ran you off the air, right ?´, he says ´No, no, I had to leave town because.....Kitty´s back´....”
 * 27.12.75 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Kitty´s Back´**

´´Hold that thing, boys....I don´t think....I don´t think....(?)....I wanna tell you that makes me sad in my heart....I gotta pull on my hat because of that....all I wanna know is....(?)....are you loose ? (cheers) are you loose ? (cheers) are you loose as this ? (cheers)(?) New Jersey hustle now...you gotta get laidback, you get about this loose...you start to get into swang.... (?)....are you ready ?....not too many of you ready....(?)....”
 * 27.12.75 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Detroit Medley´**

´´Are you loose ? (cheers) are you loose ? (cheers) are you sure ? (cheers) are you guys really positive now ? (cheers)....you´re not kidding me, you´re not fooling (?)....”
 * 27.12.75 Philadelphia, PA, middle of ´Quarter to Three´**

´´We just came back from....from Europe (?) England and a few other places....”
 * 27.12.75 Philadelphia, PA, intro to ´Back in the U.S.A´**

//Compiled by : Johanna Pirttijärvi//